[Wikidata] Weekly Summary #500

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week! Welcome to the 500th Weekly Summary! - Item #500 is Citrus ×limon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500>; Property #500 is exclave of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P500>; and Lexeme #500 is "കുടുംബം <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L500>" - Malayalam for “family”. - “Roughly” 500 people were participants at WikidataCon 2021 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021> - Q207742 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207742> is about the natural number 500 - Q560388 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560388> disambiguates "500" for Wikipedias in 14 languages. - The Roman numeral for 500 is "D <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9884>" - Timeline of places when they had a population of exactly 500 <https://w.wiki/4aS5> - Wikidata was 500 days old on Friday 14 March 2014 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17922993>. It will be 500 weeks old on Tuesday 31 May 2022 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69306446> Discussions - Open request for adminship: Ameisenigel <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Ameisenigel> (RfP scheduled to end after 27 December 2021 15:57 UTC) Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming: - The next Wikibase live session <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2021.12.30> is 16:00 GMT on Thursday 30th December 2021 (17:00 Berlin time). This month we will have a guest presentation by the team at The Semantic Lab at Pratt Institute <https://semlab.io/>. They will present how they are using Linked Open Data (LOD) in their projects with the help of Wikibase. All are welcome! - Next Wikidata Bug Triage Hour: January 13th at 17:00 UTC <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour>. Open discussion, bring your favorite Phabricator task. - Coolest Tools Awards <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> on Friday 14 January 2022, 17:00 UTC - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #22, New Year <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=22> - Past: - Wikidata. Lecture - master class in Russian <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY-1jcBxbbM> is 16:07 GMT on Sunday 26th December 2021 (19:07 Moscow time) in Minsk Hackerspace. For those who are not familiar and want to know what it is. - WikidataCon 2021 (replay on YouTube) - Wikidata sessions: - Improving Women's Biographies through Wikidata - Experiences from Women in Red and the Smiths. Inst. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT_-pZ4Fgmw> - A Wikidata university course? Lessons learned from featuring Wikidata in an elective course at TAU. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T9PG7tjFaA> - Linking Indian Local Self Government's Structured Data with Wikidata and OpenStreetMap <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZQUn9KjJOc> - Finding new pathways of collaborating for a sustainable Wikidata software development <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_VxTlBNkyk> - How can we reimagine Wikidata from the margins? Conversation with Maryana Iskander <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RkKc19ozso> - Wikidata at Texas A&M University Libraries: Enhancing Discovery for Dissertations <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgDkNgAibds> - Wiki API Connector - Simplifying ETL workflows from open APIs to Wikidata/Commons <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z6dUiAG_6c> - IG WIKIDATA HUB - The Journey towards building a WIKIDATA community in Nigeria <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVxV4Y7XSW0> - Integration of Wikidata 4OpenGLAM into data and information science curricula <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wp8m_kxlks> - Description from Wikidata on sister projects and concerns about vandalism <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjantQX_nvc> - Knowledge Quality In Wikidata: Vandalism Insights and Data Collaborations <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AIbjmaInNI> - Shared Citations - A proposed citation management database for Wikimedia <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKIkHxuaR_g> - Analyzing, visualizing and improving Wikidata using the Wolfram Language <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpyYvcEXu3o> - Challenges and Lessons from a Pilot Project: Christian Hymns in Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZa-57F1h3w> - Wikidata for authority control: sharing museum knowledge with the world <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvgfOtU1CB4> - Wikidata supporting open student research projects in plant chemistry <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9JnKcdDz68> - A world in which 99% of Wikidata’s editors never come to Wikidata.org <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7nS78lHQM4> - Linking the Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT) database to Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g_3GeQC0YY> - Global templates: Towards a New Age of Cross-wiki Data Collaboration <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRQhuz-OD5w> - From QRPedia to AudioQRPedia : how to improve QRPedia using Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20vs7Uj6F_0> - Sister projects: Wiki Loves Monuments presentations and discussion <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-tQzj3nouw> - From Google Scholar to Wikidata: The RIDC NeuroMat Experience <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xLBCMCui9U> - Assessing the quality of sources in Wikidata across languages <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF9efakAhmw> - IFLA Wikidata Working Group: Updates from the library field <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p78ZoWZeQ_o> - A process to roundtrip Wikidata into Alma using Alma Refine <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOUoAB6XKts> - Arrange river data in Taiwan by Wikidata and OpenStreetMap <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6IDREkqUrA> - Look both ways: integrating Wikidata and OpenStreetMap <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n312s09k4cQ> - Wikidata in the Classroom: Updates from North America <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyEjo9nPW9o> - Learning Wikidata in 8 Weeks as a Smithsonian Intern <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMJx0Nzzx6M> - Wikidata-based Narratives for Research and Education <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3flyyeWzV8> - Measuring Political Elite Networks with Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5XQmjSUnBs> - Sorting out industry classifications in Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDRrIO0G84g> - Systematic Review Automation driven by Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOfMeLYDtWY> - The Lindy Effect in Wikidata User Retention <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSS5kviMkTM> - Non-binary Gender Identities in Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIsmFUuGvCw> - Measuring and monitoring data quality <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15sSKQPHymY> - Wikidata & Education: A Global Panel <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfSqxWn0suI> - Integrating Wikidata into education <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEg5R7o-Rww> - Integrating Wikidata into education <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEg5R7o-Rww> - Wikidata in Australia showcase <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfgdzN7nd-8> - Wikidata and R: a perfect pair <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-uYETVjCLE> - Writing schemas for Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5cI5p2hSog> - Overview of ontology issues <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AYzuBOkXeI> - Wikidata and OCCRP <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vRSnM3v-w> - Wikibase talks: - Open meeting of the Wikibase Stakeholder Group and interactive roadmapping session <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCFLlx4dQvY> - How can Wikimedia Deutschland enable an ecosystem of developers around Wikibase? <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c05_SZiZm9g> - Wikibase as an infrastructure for Knowledge Graphs: The EU Knowledge Graph <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBWo-ka9JU> - "A Wikibase for what?" - diverse users at the edge of the graph <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPsTEbxZZpQ> - Wikibase lightning talks: data upload and extensions session <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knY30zUmkGI> - How to open Authority Control system - The GND & Wikibase <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD3Ghiaw8hc> - Wikibase Community User Group meeting and track roundup <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Z4hbgpIH8> - Pre-launch Announcement and Preview of Wikibase.Cloud <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ8rE-7F-zs> - Wikibase as RDM infrastructure within NFDI4Culture <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JieuRJz14Sk> - Wikibase lightning talks: inspiration session <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k37WvpjqIAw> - Wikibase for Citations on Wikipedia <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVAnQVabhYs> Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Blogs - Why you need to understand Wikidata, no matter what field you’re in <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2021/12/21/why-you-need-to-understand-wikidata-no-matter-what-field-youre-in/> - Papers - Improving the Question Answering Quality using Answer Candidate Filtering based on Natural-Language Features <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.05452.pdf> - Algorithmic amplification of politics on Twitter <https://www.pnas.org/content/119/1/e2025334119> - Videos - SPARQL queries on Wikidata - advanced level (in Italian) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWyMMrAFz6k> - How to link items to Dagbani Wikipedia articles using databox by Dnshitobu <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Dnshitobu> - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXT8Pt9MLa8> - Alias names in Wikidata - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGb30Tu1hAQ> Tool of the week - Articles created by country of citizenship <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/articles-created-by-country-of-citizenship?collection=@pac02/pages-created> : a javascript notebook which looks at the distribution of articles created by a user by country of citizenship (P27). It uses Wikidata's API through wikibase-sdk library. Other Noteworthy Stuff - WDQS State of the Union, Dec 2021 <http://Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS-State-of-the-union-2021-Dec> now available. - If you are using the Modern Vector skin on Wikidata then search might break for you near the end of January for a few days. To fix it you can temporarily switch back to the Vector skin. A proper fix is being worked on in phab:T275251 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275251>. - Wikimedia Deutschland is running a survey to evaluate Wikibase Installation and Updating experience for users. Please answer a few questions so we can continue to identify areas of improvement for users. Survey links - Wikibase Installation Survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAR1kj9th1wRZU027zEPJd_xP8nFgj-T29iXrpZ2wuDBeXmg/viewform> - Wikibase Software Updating Survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-8wDOCDR-uXLecNLzuM3jxc9K81mIKq1EtUhrweEveO8aTQ/formResponse> - Open positions at Wikimedia Deutschland in the Wikidata/Wikibase teams - Engineering Director <https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/14145264/Director-Engineering-m-w-d-/?jobDbPVId=36933089&l=en> - Full-Stack Developer <https://short.sg/j/4361894> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: type host <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10176>, CSS code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10177> - External identifiers: Rutube channel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10152>, Nasha Versia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10153>, Irkipedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10154>, Babesdirectory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10155>, Numelyo ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10156>, ua-football.com player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10157>, soccerpunter.com player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10158>, pfl.uz player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10159>, PGM author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10160>, Irish Times profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10161>, politika-crimea.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10162>, Kinomania.ru actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10163>, Kinomania.ru film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10164>, bards.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10165>, kinobaza.com.ua actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10166>, kinobaza.com.ua film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10167>, Zürich Herbaria collector ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10168>, N64-Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10169>, Channel One Russia show ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10170>, Kanobu ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10171>, Lambic.Info ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10172>, Smotrim.ru film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10173>, CH district ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10174>, Digital Index of Middle English Verse ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10175>, Genie album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10178>, Genie song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10179>, Genie artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10180>, Austrian school ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10181>, DFIH business ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10182>, Corporate Identification Number (CIN) in India <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10183>, Ruskino actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10184>, Ruskino film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10185>, Joconde use ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10186>, JSTOR artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10187>, Dicionario da Real Academia Galega ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10188>, Bloomsbury Fashion Central ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10189>, MTBdata ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10190>, All About Birds ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10191>, Homosaurus ID (V3) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10192>, GISAID identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10193>, oKino.ua actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10194>, Library of Congress providers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10195> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: documented files <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/documented_files>, start and end time in video <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/start_and_end_time_in_video>, is an individual of a taxon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_an_individual_of_a_taxon>, facilitates flow of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/facilitates_flow_of>, LKI ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LKI_ID>, service hosted by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/service_hosted_by>, service hosted at <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/service_hosted_at>, everyeye.it ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/everyeye.it_ID> - External identifiers: Artland artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artland_artist_ID>, Artland gallery ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artland_gallery_ID>, ILAB ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ILAB_ID>, UNESCO ICH ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UNESCO_ICH_ID>, Maritimt Magasin skips ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maritimt_Magasin_skips_ID>, AMPAS collections item ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AMPAS_collections_item_ID>, Kinofilms.ua actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinofilms.ua_actor_ID>, Kinofilms.ua film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinofilms.ua_film_ID>, Artland fair ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artland_fair_ID>, Archivio Storico dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_Storico_dell%27Universit%C3%A0_degli_Studi_di_Cagliari_person_ID>, Regroupement Québécois de la danse (RQD) ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Regroupement_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois_de_la_danse_(RQD)_ID>, NatureServe Explorer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NatureServe_Explorer_ID>, Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Key_Biodiversity_Areas_factsheet_ID>, CNSflora ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNSflora_ID>, Rusactors actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rusactors_actor_ID>, Rusactors film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rusactors_film_ID>, eurasian-defence.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eurasian-defence.ru_person_ID>, artchive person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artchive_person_ID>, nzs.si player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nzs.si_player_ID>, Der Spiegel topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Der_Spiegel_topic_ID>, NLC Bibliography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLC_Bibliography_ID>, PKULaw CLI Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PKULaw_CLI_Code>, LGBT Info Wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LGBT_Info_Wiki_ID> - Query examples: - Places that appear in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Great Russian Encyclopaedia, the Great Catalan Encyclopaedia and the Store Norske Leksikon <https://w.wiki/4aUy>, (ordered by country) (source <https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1473054945624608769>) - Christmas traditions around the world <https://w.wiki/4bmy> (with pictures) (source <https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1474772209482842116>) - UK parties since 1935 that have only ever been represented by a single MP <https://w.wiki/4bb7> (source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1474414883005415424>) - Brazilians with most Wikipedia pages across languages <https://w.wiki/4avE> (source <https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1473710122362941449>) Development - Due to the winter holidays, the development team is taking a break and no deployment is happening for Wikidata at the moment. You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority>. Monthly Tasks - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview> - Contribute to a Showcase item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items> . - Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next> -- Mohammed Sadat *Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase* Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! 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